Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-02-10
orTEE AMERICAS

country With the fore. uf a c.tapult
THY need to be reused and r.lird. aud
ht" they Will rouse and rally their req |
rr,ru,atives At Washington. There i,
ysSnin. Indifference in regard to a
mos, sl.rming state Of things il this
country.
Take the one chastity and terrific fact
hat in this country, where the proll,
rulr, there srr 6,HUD,H00 who can neith. !
r r,sn nor write---an increase Of 1000 |
OO0 in ten years.
Oar compendium Of the tenth census
though made dp hard statistics, i. NOR.
overwhelming than Paradise Lost" ur
Dantes "lni"rno. The question now
Is what are you going to do with these
i,ooo,00o iliitrratcs? If you do not
,n-wer it ari ht. the question atr
while will be what 2,tDn,O0O i,Iit,rat,,s
aill do with you.
A representative of Moth Carolina
says that the numbcr OF people in that
state who do not know the alphabet il
larger than The whole number If votes
ever pHiled for governor or president.
Fhc people who cannut read or write at
this ratio will soon hold the balance oi
power in Am rica. What an oppnrtu
nifty for denaao.ism What hot bed
or mi. ,ul,! Whit foundation of out
hwry What prophecy Of uationai
demo itinn!
Do you say the states ought to look
after their own ilit@latcs? reply many
If tn, states are taxed now beyoad en-.
durance. Alabama aud South Carolina
aud North Carolina aud all the sout heIn
states have pushed taxation for school
purposes to the last incr. In these ef-
forts they have obiter tied the color line
and give black and white equal ad
vanta.e.
While NJ ,ssachuscets devotes 81 to
| education for every 500 of property,
South C,r"lna devote. 81 to free schools
f"l every $3.50 OF property, showing sh.
Is doing her be.t. Charleston pays n "
ratio one-ihlrd IA re than Boston Tor cd
uesli'nAl purposes.
BY the overihrnw Of slavery, millions
ot th. colred people Who knew not their
\ u C's were given the right Of suffrage
The II; zion sets the black free without
giving them qualification. of citizenship
aud many Of the states have load ig-
nlIance they cannot Lift aad ,hey srs
cryln. out th" national government IL
co ne to the Rescue.
Can the tremendous surplus in the ma
tiond treasury be devot+dto sny other
"oject 50 laaiable !? Unless some such
prompt and decisive step is taken far the
education Of the people, the American
bailh-box will be farce, exciting the
.lvri,ive mirlh oi all nations.
Are You willing, o intelligent Ameri
can citizen! to have continued aud iu
creased the di..raceeiu! scene enacted a,
every au,umnal election?
| You have been twenty, thirty, year,
'tudyin. American institutions; hav.
cans''ssed all the great questions abou
tarlf, about civil service reform, aud tsd
eral and state rights and cvrry,hin. i,
) Am 'rirao politics YOU are veil acqu.int
ed with. You consider yourself comp,.-
tent TO cast vote in the city. state an,
presidential elections, and you are G. m
p'ient. You will take your position i,
the line Of electors, you wili wait f.
your turn to c",ne The Judge Of .lcr
'ion will announce Your nama. W,
s'Il cast your vote ani pass out, WI
done! But right behind you will 90 IL
man VIII" canno, rpeil the name I'll cou
'r'ilrr, ald'rman ~ mayer. IL. c.nn,
write or he uses tn. small "i' tor IN
persoaal pron"an. lie cnuid not TIL %
: which side II the AllegLsny mouutsin
, Oai" Is. Educated canary birds, rlacs
:, te.. nurses ku,w more shan be. Ba, h
/, will cast his vot. aud il will halsn.e YOU
vote. His Ignorance il u niyhty =
ynur intelligence. That j. at rish
, All men "f far minds will ackuowled !.
: that j, j, nm right.
Un'li man can read the Jeclnratio
os ladependrncs, aud knov the diff. r..n,
be.ween republican tor,n Of govern
ment and monarchy OF despo,isD, /
Is unit to exercise tn. right Of suffrsy
: At any bail.t. box between Key Wes, "a
Alaska. On for the cduca,lon Of Il
= bailh-box! II Is the ark .f the Ameri
can cs'venant, to b. carried 10 ir,ns II Ii
4 h'st. A very oldh,x is the Lail.A bo,
y and very sscred. II Is one of the iss
!, sesses or this nation. /; is oue of Il
% c''ra stones of our government. Il
"i'ier than tbs constitution. Ii il o.
y nati'Usl safety. Tell me whse VII.
J. the fate Of the Am-risan balint box, an
| will tell you what will tell y.u VII
will h. tho fate Of this sstion. F.s III
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